Define your tech roadmap. Balance short-term wins with long-term vision. Align every tech decision with business outcomes.
Timeline: Weeks 9-10 | Focus: Strategic Planning & Roadmap
| Timeframe | Focus | 3 Key Items | Notes | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term (0-30d) | Leverage / Risk Reduction | 1. Backup automation; 2. Fix critical bugs; 3. Improve feature flag setup | Quick wins that reduce risk or speed up delivery | ☐ |
| Medium-term (30-60d) | Scale & Stability | 1. Staging environment; 2. CI/CD pipeline; 3. Logging & alerting | Improvements for investor confidence & growth | ☐ |
| Long-term (60-90d+) | Visionary Play | 1. Modular architecture refactor | Big-picture bet to position the startup | ☐ |
Look for up to three high-impact improvements you can make in the next month. These should be “low-hanging fruit” that either remove a major risk or significantly speed up development. Good examples: automate something manual (e.g. daily backup scripts instead of remembering to do it), tackle a couple of the most critical bug fixes that are causing customer pain, or refactor a tiny module that’s causing lots of errors. The key is they are achievable quickly and give a lot of bang for the buck.
Action Items:
Examples of Short-term Wins:
Choose about three initiatives to undertake in the next one to two months that will improve your system’s scalability and stability. These might require more effort or coordination, but will pay off by making your tech stack more robust (and impressing any technical due diligence). Examples: implement a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to streamline releases, set up comprehensive logging and monitoring, improve your testing framework, or rework part of the architecture to handle growth (maybe moving from a single server to a load-balanced setup).
Action Items: